Dave's Brain

Date: 2010nov2
OS: LinuxQ. How do I mount a .iso image without burning a CD-ROM ?
A. If your file is /tmp/myfile.iso
First, become root.
You first need to make a "mount point" which is just an empty directory.
The /mnt folder is a good place for this:

mkdir /mnt/myfile

Now you can mount it:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /tmp/myfile.iso /mnt/myfile

This is called a "loopback" mount and very cool in my opinion.
Use it like this: